The Last Few Days and the Next Few Months II
Ahhhh…free at last. Yesterday at around 2:00 PM I finished my Philosophy of Mind exam and officially began my summer vacation. I apologize for being largely absent from the blog the last few weeks while finishing up the semester, but my father more than made up for it with his last few series. Anyway, I should be able to post more often now that I won’t be in class (although unfortunately I’ll still be working quite a bit).
I have a few goals for the summer, some of which are related to this blog, and, at any rate, I think that posting them here will keep me somewhat more accountable for them: I plan to get through at least one of either N.T. Wright’s Jesus and the Victory of God or Alvin Plantinga’s Warranted Christian Belief. I also want to get through Michael Loux’s Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, and Del Ratzch’s Science and It’s Limits. I want to learn more about politics in order to think more intelligently about issues like immigration, the role of the central government, taxation, interpretation of the constitution, etc. (book suggestions are welcome). For all of the nonfiction books I read, I plan to do chapter outlines and notes to help my own comprehension, which I may post here for those interested. I also want to read through at least a few of the classic works of fiction that I haven’t yet read and I need to be studying quite a bit for the GRE’s, which I will be taking at some point this summer. Finally, I want to get better at playing the piano (especially jazz) and spend a lot of quality time with my wife. It should be a busy and exciting summer.
I’m also registered for some good classes next semester that I am looking forward to: Philosophy of Law, History and Philosophy of Science, a seminar on ‘Marx on Free Markets,’ and some directed independent study culminating in the writing of a 50 page honors thesis in the Spring (topic TBA).